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A MESSAGE FROM OUR CHAIR

The last year has been most challenged and challenging, but the last severalmonths have been filled with positive change and transitions. We are emergingfrom the pandemic at last, with the city, hospital, and school finally reopening. It isfar too early to say we are past the virus, but science and hope are helping us all topivot and move forward. Our new interns have started, and we celebrate theirarrival as well as the graduation of our chief residents (and new Naffziger alumni!).With the imminent start of the new academic year, we will focus on strategicallyplanning for the Ambulatory Surgery Center at Parnassus, faculty recruitmentsacross many divisions and practice sites and strategic regional growth, but in thisissue of our quarterly newsletter, we pay special attention to our educators andlearners. Let’s pivot from the last year and focus squarely on our future and legacy.Many, many thanks to all of our faculty, staff, and learners for everything you doevery day on behalf of our Department and patients!

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Q u a t e r l y N e w s l e t t e r f r o m D e p a r t m e n to f S u r g e r y

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RESEARCH GRANTS

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Dr. Amar Nijagal's proposal“Defining the role of tumorassociated myeloid cells inpediatric hepatoblastoma”

and work focused onhepatoblastoma was selected

for the AASLD CTORTAAward (American Association

for the Study of LiverDiseases Foundation), which

provides him with $200K of funding for 2 years.

Dr. Audrey Brown has beenchosen to receive the 2021

ASTS-Natera Jon FryerResident Scientist Scholarship

worth $40,000 for her proposal:

A Transcriptomic Analysis ofDifferential Gene Expression

Associated with HepatocellularCarcinoma Development in

Chronic Liver Disease.

Dr. Nathan Brand has beenselected to receive a $60,000Thoracic Surgery Foundation

(TSF) Resident ResearchFellowship Award for his

project entitled, "The Effect OfPARP Inhibition On

Esophageal Squamous CellCarcinoma: An Opportunity For

A Novel Therapeutic.”

Dr. Elizabeth Wick's latestproposal, "Integrating

Advanced Care Planning(ACP) into the Pre-Surgical

Workflow," has beenchosen to receive awardfunding of up to $50,000through the UCSF Center

for Healthcare Value CaringWisely™ initiative.

Dr. Jodi Gedallovich receiveda $40,000 grant from the

Board of Directors of MountZion Health Fund, a

supporting foundation of theJewish Community

Federation and EndowmentFund to support the MZ

Campus-based project titled,"Decision-Making and Patient

Management in PerforatorFlap Surgery."

Dr. Carter Lebares' hasbeen awarded the

inaugural Platinum grant of$10,000 from the

Association for SurgicalEducation Foundation

(ASEF).

Anya Greenberg served &

was recognized by theAssociation for SurgicalEducation (ASE) for her

contribution as a co-investigator for Dr.Carter Lebares Platinum Grant.

Dr. Laura Barnes hasreceived a Scott Spear

Innovation in BreastReconstruction ResearchFellowship award worth

$72,400.

To thank all of our faculty, staff, residents, and fellows foreverything you did over the challenging last year, we havedesigned and ordered new UCSF Department of Surgery pins.The pins are ready for distribution to all the members of ourdepartment. They come in various colors and are small enoughto be worn on any article of clothing and bright enough to beseen. We want to celebrate you and your hard work and wantyou to know it is always appreciated.

New Nurse Practitioner Hires

Department of Surgery Professional Development Didactic Series Upcoming Dates

July 1, 2021Career Boost Chat with Julie Ann Sosa MD, MA, Chair, Department ofSurgery A social opportunity for mid-career clinical faculty to interactwith the Chair

September 2, 2021Will You Be My Sponsor?Chat with Tom Nguyen MD, Chief of Adult CardiothoracicSurgeryA discussion about how to successfully give and receivesponsorship

REMINDERS & NEW HIRES

Aaron Wright started on May 3rd,2021. He's been an RN since 2002 and

NP since 2004. Most of his NPexperience has been with the Traumaand Acute Care Surgery Service at UC

Davis, where he served as theirprogram manager for the last 5 years.

Stacy Alabastro started on May 17,2021. She has been an RN since2014, with most of her experiencein the ED. She's been working as

an NP with Plastic Surgery atMemorial Sloan Kettering in NY

since 2019. She also completed herNP fellowship there.

Sandra Dlaka Started on May 31,2021. She has been an RN since

2011. You may recognize her fromthe time she rotated at UCSF as an

NP fellow November 2019-2020.She has been working at Stanford in

the Medical ICU since November2020.

New UCSF Depar tment o f Surgery p ins

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UCSF DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY THORACIC SURGERY 2021 RESIDENCY MATCHES

UCSF DEPARTMENT OF SURGERYPGY-1 CATEGORICAL PLASTIC SURGERY RESIDENTS (2021-22)

EDUCATION

- attended undergraduate atHaverford College, one of the topliberal arts colleges in the nation,where she majored in art historyand psychology. After completingmedical school at the University ofPennsylvania, she moved to NewYork City to begin general surgeryresidency at Columbia. During herresearch years, she becameinterested in critical care and theuse of ECMO to support patientswith end-stage respiratory failure.

- attended undergraduate at JohnsHopkins University, where hemajored in biomedicalengineering. Shortly after, hemoved to San Francisco to attendmedical school at UCSF andstayed to become a generalsurgery resident at UCSF. Duringhis surgical residency, he was asurgical research fellow in theUCSF Cardiac BiomechanicsLaboratory.

Dr. Bianca BrombergerDr. Andrew Wisneski

UCSF DEPARTMENT OF SURGERYPGY-1 CATEGORICAL GENERAL SURGERY RESIDENTS (2021-22)

UCSF DEPARTMENT OF SURGERYPGY-1 GENERAL SURGERY PRELIMINARY RESIDENTS (2021-22)

This year marks a new path for us at UCSF as we begin welcoming in the most diverse class in the history ofUCSF Surgery. Our efforts to increase diversity amongst our residents don't stop here but will represent an

ongoing mission. We are so delighted to have these fantastic candidates and can’t wait to witness how theirvarious perspectives, experiences, and outlooks impact our department and school.

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UCSF DEPARTMENT OF SURGERYPGY-1 CATEGORICAL VASCULAR SURGERY RESIDENT (2021-22)

Iris LiuUCSF

SURGICAL EDUCATION UPDATE & AWARDEES

Dr. Hubert Luu, Dr. Tasce Bongiovanni, and Dr. Shareef Syed were all selected as recipients of the TeachingExcellence Award for Cherished Housestaff (T.E.A.C.H.). The award recognizes residents or fellows who havebeen outstanding teachers, mentors, and role models to medical students during their clinical years at UCSF.

This award's recipients were selected based on nominations submitted by the graduating UCSF School ofMedicine Class of 2021.

Dr. Adnan Alseidi was formally inducted on April 30th as President of the Association of Surgical Education.The ASE is the global leader for surgical education across the continuum of education for medical students,

residents, fellows, faculty development, simulation. Dr. Alseidi has plans to introduce huge initiatives over thenext couple of years as he focuses on multiple avenues that include DEI, educator development, and more.

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DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION

Dr. Gibbs’ great great grand uncle – Mifflin Wistar Gibbs, was born a freeBlack man in Philadelphia, PA, and in 1853 at the age of 23, he came to SanFrancisco to "go do some great thing," as the story goes. In San Francisco,he started the first Black newspaper, The Mirror of the Times, and had a successful clothing and shoe business in Pioneer Square. WhileCalifornia was nominally not a slave state, the Black populace here wasendangered. When the then Governor of British Columbia offered"opportunity" in developing Victoria, he fled the country. After the civil war,he returned to the US and had a significant number of super interesting firstsin Arkansas and internationally. Mifflin's brother, Jonathan C. Gibbs had ason, Thomas Van Renssalaer Gibbs, one of the founders of Florida A&MUniversity (Rashad's Alma Mater), the largest public HBCU in the state ofFlorida.

- Verna C. Gibbs MDAssociate Chief, Quality Management (Surgery)

Attending Staff Surgeon

Our Haile T. Debas Diversity Scholarship was established to build diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in surgery. It provides a stipend of $2,500 towards expenses.

Marina Ortega PA-Chas done exceptional work to accurately identify disparities among the underserved by bringingattention to those disparities and transportation challenges/needs that may have otherwisepossibly gone unaddressed. By partnering with practice coordinators and the social work team,Marina has graciously assisted in creating workflows to proactively get information from patientsthat may not have otherwise been shared.

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ASE 2021 PRESENTATION

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Sophia Hernandez, BSOgonna N. Nnamani Silva, MDAlexander S. Kim, MDAndre R. Campbell, MDKenzo Hirose, MDEdward H. Kim, MDAdnan Alseidi, MD, EdMElizabeth C. Wick, MDJulie A Sosa, MD, MAJessica Gosnell, MDMatthew Y.C. Lin, MDSânziana A Roman, MDJoseph A Lin, MD, MPHKimberly Kirkwood, MD Sandra Perez, MTSLeslie Bernal CharondoChristopher L. JohnsonTasce Bongiovanni, MD, MPPSandra PerezSandhya B. Kumar, MD

Linda M. Reilly, MDRana Higgins, MDEmily Huang, MD, MAEd Chris M. Dodgion, MD, MSPH, MBAMengistu Gebreyohanes, MD, MPHNatalie Bell, MSElyse LeeVan, MDKristin Long, MD, MPHAnteneh Gadisa, MDGirma Tefera, MDMary E. Schroeder, MDCandice A. Sauder, MDJeannette Lager, MDLindsey Mossler, MDShyam Patel, BSDeborah B. Martins, MDJeanette M. Broering, PhD, MPH, RN

Simon N. Chu, MDNichole Starr, MD, MPHShareef Syed, MDPatricia O'Sullivan, EdDJoseph Rapp, MDHueylan Chern, MDCecilia J Im, BSPatricia C. Conroy, MDSarah Mohamedaly, MD, MPDMohammad Karimzada, MDSteven A. Wisel, MDClara M. Gomez-Sanchez, MDLily S. Cheng, MDAnamaria Robles, MDJames Lau, MDLaura Torbeck, PhDLaura E. Wong, MD, PhDHope SchwartzRobyn Richmond, MD

UCSF delivered 14 Research Presentations at the Annual Association For Surgical Education (ASE) 2021 Meeting

The annual Association For Surgical Education (ASE) meeting took place from April 29th – May 1st. 2021. 14 ofthose presentations were given by our team members, and we couldn't have been prouder. We are extremelycommitted to Surgical Education and below we've listed the names of all who've devoted their time to intenseresearch and making sure we continue to move forward.

We'd genuinely like to Highlight all of the UCSF Faculty, Staff & Residents involved inhelping bring the presentations to life.

Dr. Andre Campbell, Professor of Surgery, attendingTrauma Surgeon at Zuckerberg San Francisco GeneralHospital and Trauma Center, and Vice-Chair of Diversity,

Equity, and Inclusion, was selected to deliver the theprestigious Roland Folse lecture and served as one ofthe two named lectures at this year's ASE meeting. He

presented on the critically important topic of"Diversifying the Surgical Pipeline."

NEW APPOINTMENT & DEPARTMENT EVENT

Dr. Willie Moses has joined the Anti-Oppression Curriculum(AOC) Leadership team within UCSF's School of Medicine. He willserve as a Curriculum Component Liaison (CCL) working tocollaborate with current curricular leaders to adjust & enhance thecurriculum using an anti-oppressive lens.

Dr. Moses will spend his first year learning about the existingBridges curriculum and developing best practices in partnershipwith curricular leaders across the four-year curriculum. Inaddition, he will also participate in the Teaching ScholarsProgram, which will focus on anti-racism and anti-oppressionscholarship.

The AOC is a three-year curricular initiative that will formallylaunch in July to ensure the medical school integrates anti-oppressive content and processes throughout all elements andphases of our Bridges curriculum. The initiative will build on thework of Differences Matter and our Bridges Curriculum’s existingSocial Justice pillar to bring an anti-oppression lens to all fouryears of our curriculum. Our mission is to better prepare ourgraduates to advance health and healthcare equity for all.

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SKILLS LAB ASSESSMENT EVENT

MORE EVENTS COMING SOON AS OUR SCHOOL & DEPARTMENT RETURN TO A SENSEOF NORMALCY

MEDICAL 1ST AT UCSF

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On June 14th, 2021, our team performed the first HIPEC case at Mission Bay. Thisis a pivotal step for us, and we couldn't be more proud to share this with you all.

On 6/10/21, Dr. Rodrigo De Souza, UCSF Heart, and Vascular made history byperforming the first minimally invasive totally arterial CABG.

Congratulations to our outstandingDepartment of Surgery Chief at

Zuckerberg SF General Hospital &Trauma Center, Dr. Deborah Stein,

on her induction into theprestigious American Surgical

Association.

Dr. Matthew Lin completed a year-long SERF (Surgical Education

Research Fellowship), an extremelyselective, highly competitive,

didactic, and coach-paired program.

Dr. Camilla Gomes has beenchosen as our Department’s

Krevans Award recipient. Thisaward recognizes first-year UCSF

residents at Zuckerberg SFGeneral Hospital & Trauma Center

for excellence in patient care,clinical competence, professionalconduct, concern for patients &

more.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

UCSF SURGERY CLERKSHIP AMONG HIGHEST RATED IN THE UNITED STATESWith extreme gratitude, we can say our SurgeryClerkship is rated among the highest in the UnitedStates.

This is in response to evaluation data and studentfeedback about their clerkship experience. The Surgery110 Clerkship has worked tirelessly to improve theclerkship learning experience for Foundations 2 and allstudents interested in learning about surgery.

The clerkship launched a Bi-weekly Surgery ClerkshipTask Force, which includes faculty and studentrepresentatives who actively review and revise thecurriculum and experience. This has helped the clerkshipexpand learning opportunities throughout the School ofMedicine through increased skill labs, mentorship,preceptorship opportunities, implementation of learningmodules and provision of research experiences.

Thank you to two of our superstar's Dr. Matthew Lin,Director of the Surgery Clerkship Program and Dr.Jessica Gosnell, Associate Director of the SurgeryClerkship Program for their ongoing commitment toquality improvement and more.

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Dr. Matthew Lin Dr. Jessica Gosnell

FY21 SPOT AWARDEES

The SPOT AWARDS: Recognize significantemployee achievements and contributions, asthey occur, for a specific project or task over arelatively limited period of time. A SPOT Awardlets employees know someone has noticed theirnoteworthy contribution, and we are so thrilled tohighlight all of the awardees as they keep ourdepartment moving.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS PART II

SOCIAL MEDIA UPDATE

Nicole CalderJulie CarrascoRohita D. ChandNi (Anny) ChenHeidi CristKristen De La RosaMonica DiazYvonne DunkleyFrenni Acuesta EnriquezEleanor FiegeWendy FongKatherine ForsterKailyss A. FreemanWinnie GreenAiten HassounaAkbar Ali Khan Diane Michiko KikuchiDenice Z. KongRoland Stig KrepsAnthony D. LazaldeKamho Lee

Stephanie LeeLili Li Mun Yin Carol LiJulie LinkSabrina Lum Rita Ann MacchelloKrislyn Malagum Victoria MascardoCamille L. PerezTienna Perez-CloseJillian E. RussellAshish SahniMaria Anicia SingianSantos Jacqueline SmayRenee SweeneyAnnie SzetoAnnie-Hue ToCarrie A. TriplettCharmayne WalkerWilliam YauChristine Kar Yan Yung

Since March, our social mediafollowing on Twitter has grown by505 followers. We've earned 936.7Kimpressions over this 91 day period,which averages to about 10.3Kimpressions per day. These numbersdo not account for the month of Juneas of yet. This impressive growth isundoubtedly owed to everyone whoengages with us on social by taggingus in your tweets, retweeting theinformation we send out, engaging inconversation, and more.

Sincerely thank you!

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FY21 STAR ACHIEVEMENT AWARDEES

The Staff Appreciation and Recognition Plan (called the “STAR Program”) wasdesigned to recognize individual employees for excellence in University service,significant achievements and contributions, and individual and team performance.Achievement Awards are administered through a SOM-wide process with selectioncommittees which include staff, supervisory and faculty representation.

Rachelle BresnahanAlexi CallenDoris ChanWinnie ChanGilberto Da GentePamela DerishYvonne DunkleyEleanor FiegeEric HendersonVanessa Hernandez

Susan KuRachelle LauStephanie LeeSabrina Lum Jamison MaedaSara NelsonBrenda Nunez-GarciaNick O'GradyJillian E. Russell Christine Kar Yan YungKristina Aquino

ACCOMPLISHMENT'S PART III

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Over the last several months, our singing surgeon Dr. Sânziana Roman hasreceived a lovely amount of press. From her invention that helped the S.F.Opera return to being interviewed on NBC Bay Area's evening news. Inaddition, a profile by KQED spoke about her dream to become a professionalsoprano before changing track to pursue a career in medicine. The highlight ofthem all, though; her opening performance at the San Francisco Giants Game.

DR. SÂNZIANA ROMAN

Dr. Hueylan Chern & Dr. Mika Varma'sCIEx, SURG 130.02 Colorectal Surgery,

was nominated for the CIEx (ClinicalImmersion Experience) of the Year Award

by the graduating class of 2021.

‘HIGHLY CITED PAPER’ BY WEB OF SCIENCE

Dr. Jessica Gosnell, Dr. Sanziana Roman & Dr. Jina Kim's review on geographic influences in the global rise ofthyroid cancer was deemed a Web of Science ‘Highly Cited Paper.’ It's now in the top 1% of papers of similar age inclinical medicine!

RECOGNITION

Drs. Lin, Braun, Schwab, Pierce, Sosa & Wick’s study of potential disparities in patient access to elective proceduresduring the recovery phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in Annals of Surgery was highlighted by The Philip R. Lee

Institute for Health Policy Studies.

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RECOGNITION CONT'D & CHIEF RESIDENT HIGHLIGHTS

Dr. Elizabeth Wick will serve as the inaugural UCSF HealthPerioperative Quality and Safety Officer (PQSO). As thePQSO at UCSF Health Dr. Wick will provide leadership,

strategic direction, performance measurement, andoversight in the areas of quality and safety across

perioperative services.

Dr. Garrett Roll’s Transplant Surgery CIEx, 130.05C, has been selected to receive one of two CIEx (Clinical

Immersion Experience) of the Year Awards by thegraduating class of 2021.

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Rym El Khoury, M.D.Vascular Surgery

UCSF

Greg J. Haro, M.D.CT Surgery

UCLA

Kelly Mahuron, M.D.Surgical Oncology

City of Hope

Quoc-Hung Nguyen,M.D.

Pediatric Surgery Cohen Children's

Long Island MedicalCenter

James T. Ross, M.D.,

M.S.Trauma Critical Care

UC Davis

Oren Shaked, M.D.Transplant surgery

Univ. ofPennsylvania

Yvonne Kelly, MDTransplant surgery

Columbia University

Arya Zarinsefat, MDTransplant Surgery

UCSF

Casey Ward, M.D.Transplant surgery

University of Toronto

2021 CHIEF RESIDENTS Every year around this time, our chief resident class finishes. We want to spotlight them

and their future homes, whether that’s here in the Bay Area or as far away as New York City. Thank you all, and we wish you the best!

Dr. Joseph Lin, Dr. Logan Pierce, Dr. Sara Murray, Dr. Hossein Soleimani, Dr. Elizabeth Wick, Dr. Julie Ann Sosa, and Dr. KenzoHirose developed an effective method to estimate resident workload using EHR data. The study, "Can electronic health recorddata be used to estimate resident duty hours?" won the Association of Program Directors in Surgery Best Resident Research

Presentation. The team hopes to utilize it to improve residents' training by better monitoring workload.

AWARDS & DEVELOPMENT

DEPT. OF SURGERY 2O21 RESEARCH AWARD WINNERS

Dr. Christopher Johnson wonone of the two Department ofSurgery Student Year-long

Research Fellowships Awards.Mr. Johnson is being mentored

by Dr. Sânziana Roman & Dr. Elizabeth Wick.

Anya Greenberg is the winner of the UCSF Divisionof General Surgery Thomas K Hunt Research

Award. Dr. Carter Lebares is mentoring Ms. Greenberg!

Miguel Nunez won the second of twoDepartment of Surgery Student Year-long

Research Fellowships Awards. Mr. Nunez isbeing mentored by Dr. Holger Willenbring.

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Best Presentation in Concurrent Session 3

Extrathymic Aire-Expressing Cellsin Cancer Immune Evasion

Alexander Gupta, MD, ResearchYear 1, UCSF General Surgery

RESEARCH AWARDS & PODIUM PRESENTATIONS

Best Presentation in PlenarySession

Acute Rejection After LiverTransplantation: What Can We

Learn from TranscriptomicAnalysis?

Hillary J. Braun, MD, ResearchYear 2, UCSF General Surgery

Best Presentation in Concurrent

Session 1The Current Landscape ofSurgical Pipeline Support

Programs in the United States

Chelsie Anderson, MS4, MedicalStudent, UCSF School of

Medicine

Best Presentation in ConcurrentSession 2

Defining and ValidatingFlourishing in Surgery:

Differences by Race and Genderin a Multicenter Study

Anya Greenberg, MBA, MedicalStudent, UCSF School of

Medicine

RESEARCH DAY AWARDS

5 podium presentationswere made by current andformer UCSF surgeons at

the 2021 AmericanAssociation of Endocrine

Surgeons meeting.

DR. KATHRYN CHOMSKY-HIGGINS MENUT

DR. AVA YAPDR. PATRICIA CONROY

DR. CLAIRE E. GRAVES DR. JINA KIM

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Dr. Heidi Yeh Dr. Katherine Gundling Chelsea Landolin Dr. Tom C. NguyenDr. Andrea Hayes-Jordan

Dr. Julie Ann Sosa Dr. Jayme E. Locke Dr. Jonathan T. Carter

Dr. Kenzo Hirose Dr. Linda M. Reilly

Dr. Peggy Knudson Dr. Christopher R. Newton

GRAND ROUNDS SPOTLIGHT

SPEC IAL THANK YOU TO OUR GRAND ROUNDS SPEAKERS

Dr. Omaida C. Velzaquez Dr. Joseph Cuschieri Dr. Julia Adler-Milstein

Dr. Minerva Romero Arenas

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Dr. Andre R. Campbell